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Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Parker, with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, is widely considered to have been one of the most influential jazz musicians. Parker acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career and the shortened form "Bird" remained Parker's sobriquet for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite", "Ornithology" and "Bird of Paradise. " Parker played a leading role in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuoso technique, and improvisation based on harmonic structure. Parker's innovative approaches to melody, rhythm, and harmony exercised enormous influence on his contemporaries. Several of Parker's songs have become standards, including "Billie's Bounce", "Anthropology", "Ornithology", and "Confirmation". He introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas including a tonal vocabulary employing 9ths, 11ths and 13ths of chords, rapidly implied passing chords, and new variants of altered chords and chord substitutions. His tone was clean and penetrating, but sweet and plaintive on ballads. Although many Parker recordings demonstrate dazzling virtuosic technique and complex melodic lines – such as "Ko-Ko", "Kim", and "Leap Frog" – he was also one of the great blues players. His themeless blues improvisation "Parker's Mood" represents one of the most deeply affecting recordings in jazz. At various times, Parker fused jazz with other musical styles, from classical to Latin music, blazing paths followed later by others. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the conception of the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual, rather than just a popular entertainer. His style — from a rhythmic, harmonic and soloing perspective — has made a significant impact on musicians of all kinds.

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Discography

  • The Genius of Charlie Parker, Volume 3: Now's the Time, 1988
  • Bird's Nest, 2009
  • Bird and Diz, 1986
  • Jazz Greats, Volume 11: Charlie Parker: Out of Nowhere, 1996
  • Summit Meeting at Birdland
  • The Jazz Biography
  • The Savoy Recordings - Part 1, 2010
  • Jazz Ballads 16 (disc 1), 2004
  • Jazz Ballads 16 (disc 2), 2004
  • The Original Bird - The Best of Charlie Parker 1944-1949, 1988
  • Jazz Plus, 2000
  • The Immortal Charlie Parker, 1991
  • An Evening at Home With the Bird, 1994
  • Bird With the Herd
  • The Savoy Recordings - Part 2, 2010
  • Bird & Miles
  • Chasin' The Bird, 1993
  • Dancing in the Dark
  • The Complete JATP Performances
  • Montreal 1953, 1995
  • The Genius of Charlie Parker, Volume 7: Jazz Perennial, 1957
  • Charlie Parker With Miles Davis
  • A Studio Chronicle, 1940 - 1948, 2003
  • Bird of Paradise
  • Midnite Jazz & Blues: The Birds, 2000
  • Now's the Time, 1989

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On Oct 6, 2009. 9:02pm
marcus said

bird is my IDEAL evening soundtrack

On Nov 4, 2009. 11:50pm
Mike said

SUBLIME.............................

On Mar 7, 2011. 8:50am
mel said

cant listen to Bird enough

On Dec 30, 2011. 8:22pm

I love Charlie Parker

On Dec 31, 2011. 11:17pm

I love how Charlie puts short music in a wonderful way.

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